Excel Formula: Add hours to time
In this tutorial, it introduces the formulas to add whole hours or decimal hours to a given time in Excel.
Add whole hours to time
Generic formula:
| Start_time+TIME(hours,0,0) |
Arguments
| Start_time: the time you want to add hours to. |
| Hours: the hours you want to add to time, it must be a positive whole number. If it is negative, the formula returns an error value #NUM!, if the number is a decimal number, such as 6.7, it reckons 6.7 as 6. |
Return value
Return a value in time format.
How this formula work
For example, there is a time in cell B3, the number of hours you want to add is displayed in cell C3, please use below formula:
| =B3+TIME(C3,0,0) |
Or
| =B3+TIME(8,0,0) |
Press Enter key then the result is shown.
Explanation
Generally, TIME function is used to convert decimal numbers (hours, minutes, and seconds) to a time in format hh:mm:ss. Here in this formula, it changes the number of hours (8) to a time (8:00:00), and then the whole formula =B3+TIME(C3,0,0) is calculated to: 3:12:32+8:00:00.
Remark
If you want to subtract the hours from time, please use below formula
| MOD(Start_time+TIME(hours,0,0),1) |
For example, there is a time in cell B13, the number of hours you want to subtract is displayed in cell C13, please use below formula:
=MOD(B13-TIME(8,0,0),1)
Or
=MOD(B13-TIME(C13,0,0),1)
Press Enter key then the result is shown.
Explanation
Generally speaking, it does not allow the negative time in Excel, using the MOD function to flip the negative values to positive will get a correct time.
Add decimal hours to time
Generic formula:
| Start_time+hours/24 |
Arguments
| Start_time: the time you want to add hours to. |
| Hours: the hours you want to add to time. |
Return value
Return a value in time format.
How this formula work
For example, there is a time in cell B9, the number of hours you want to add is displayed in cell C9, please use below formula:
| =B9+C9/24 |
Or
| =B9+10/24 |
Press Enter key then the result is shown.
Explanation
There are 24 hours a day, and one hour is 1/24 day.
Remark
If you want to subtract the hours from time, please use below formula
| MOD(Start_time-hours/24,1) |
For example, there is a time in cell B18, the number of hours you want to subtract is displayed in cell C18, please use below formula:
=MOD(B18-C18/24,1)
Or
=MOD(B18-12/24,1)
Press Enter key then the result is shown.
Explanation
Generally speaking, it does not allow the negative time in Excel, using the MOD function to flip the negative values to positive will get a correct time.
Note:
1. The number of hours can be a decimal number while using the formula Start_time+hours/24. See screenshot:
2. If the result is over 24 hours, just format the result as [h]:mm:ss format in the Custom section under Number tab of the Format Cells dialog.
Sample File
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